MEC tour stops in city

Focus put on health care, early childhood education

12:03 AM,
Mar. 2, 2013

Written by

David Breland
American Staff Writer

Pine Belt business leaders discussed how the state can change its plight in two areas where it lags - health care and early childhood education - as the Mississippi Economic Council Insight Tour stopped Friday in Hattiesburg.

MEC President and CEO Blake Wilson spoke to Area Development Partnership members about developing health care as an economic driver for the state.

Wilson pointed to current successes, such as William Carey's College of Osteopathic Medicine, that Mississippi leaders can capitalize on to develop new economic opportunities, as well as increase the wellness of ...